Musicians Who Died on November 30

1955 Josip Slavenski, Croatian composer, dies at 59
1957 Beniamino Gigli, Italian lyric tenor (La Gioconde - "Enzo"; Metropolitan Opera, 1920-32),dies of pneumonia at 67
1957 Dick McPartland, American jazz guitarist, dies at 52
1961 Stanislaw Kazuro, Polish composer, dies at 80
1964 Don Redman, American jazz musician and orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
1972 Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71
1972 Valentin Ruiz Aznar, Spanish choirmaster, composer, and priest, dies at 70
1973 Bruce Yarnell, American actor (Outlaws) and singer, dies when single‐engine plane he was piloting crashes into northern Los Angeles county (California) mountain slope at 37 [1]
1988 Charlie Rouse, American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist (Thelonious Monk Quartet; Sphere), dies of lung cancer at 64
1992 Jorge Donn, dancer, dies after long illness at 45
1993 David Houston, American country music singer (Almost Persuaded), dies at 57
1994 Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67
1994 Connie Kay, American jazz drummer (Modern Jazz Quartet), dies of a cardiac arrest at 67
1994 Irwin Kostal, American orchestra leader and arranger (West Side Story; The Sound Of Music; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), dies at 83
1995 Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b. 1972)

Tiny Tim (1932-1996)

American musician ("Tiptoe Through The Tulips"), dies of a heart attack at 64

2000 Jānis Kalniņš, Latvian-Canadian organist, composer (Ugunī; New Brunswick Rhapsody), and conductor (Latvian National Opera, 1933–1944), dies at 96
2000 Scott Smith, Canadian rock bassist (Loverboy - "Working for the Weekend"), drowns in sailing accident near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at 45
2006 Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
2008 Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)
2010 Monty Sunshine, British jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Petite Fleur), dies at 82
2010 Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
2011 J. Blackfoot [Colbert], American soul singer (The Soul Children"; solo -"Taxi"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 65
2013 Tabu Ley Rochereau [Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu], African musician (Orchestre Afrisa International), dies at 76
2016 Aleksei Maslennikov, Russian tenor (Bolshoi Theater, 1953-88), dies at 87
2016 Kamilló Lendvay, Hungarian composer (Pezzo Concertanto), conductor, and educator, dies at 78
2017 Jim Nabors, American comedian, actor (The Andy Griffith Show; Gomer Pyle, USMC), and singer ("Back Home Again in Indiana"), dies from health complications at 87
2021 Pamela Helen Stephen, British Mezzo-soprano, dies at 57
2021 Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Indian poet and film and theater lyricist ("Vidhata Thalapuna"), dies of lung cancer at 66

Christine McVie (1943-2022)

British rock keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, 1970-98, 2014-2022 - "Don't Stop"; "You Make Loving Fun"; solo - "Got A Hold On Me"), dies at 79 [1]